Michael M. Conti
Michael M. Conti (born June 1962) is an American filmmaker, director, producer, inventor and writer who resides in Boulder, Colorado.[1] As a producer for Interplay Productions, Conti was Awarded Two Cybermania Awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for SimCity Enhanced CD-ROM on November 5, 1994.[2] For his work as a program manager for Intel, Conti received a technology patent for his work on Intel Play's Digital Movie Creator.
As an independent filmmaker, Conti has produced two documentaries that "explore the wellness and spiritual connection to creativity, nature and science.[3] His first film, The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard (2014) premiered in Constance, Germany, and screened by invitation at Harvard University.[4] [5] "Conti found personal direction in Saint Hildegard's example and dedicated a film to the magistra's legacy and her impact on numerous people he interviewed-healers, performers including Linn Maxwell Keller, artists, and academics, including myself" wrote Dr. Beverly Mayne Kienzle.[6] Conti screened The Unruly Mystic: John Muir theatrically in 2018.[7] The film is listed as part of the Sierra Club's, John Muir Exhibit, Film and Video, Bibliography.[8]
Notable Credits[edit]
Computer Games[edit]
Video/Cinematics/Live action cut-scenes[edit]
As a Director, Producer, Writer
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | SimCity: Enhanced CD-ROM | Yes | No | Yes | Interplay Productions [9] |
| 1997 | Waterworld for DOS | Yes | No | No | Intelligent Games, Interplay Productions [10] |
Technology Patent[edit]
Toys[edit]
The Intel Play product line, developed and jointly marketed by Intel and Mattel, was a product line of consumer "toy" electronic devices. The other toys were the Digital Movie Creator, the Computer Sound Morpher, and the Me2Cam. [11] [12] Michael M. Conti was hired in 1999 to become the Mattel producer for the Digital Movie Creator, and is listed as the inventor for an Intel assigned technology patent on the "Information display status indicator." [13]
Events[edit]
The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival[edit]
The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival, launched in Newcastle, Australia in 1998.[14] The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival challenged participants to make a film in 24 hours, using in-camera editing only. The first version to run outside of Australia/New Zealand was in Boulder, Colorado when Michael M. Conti produced The Shoot Out Boulder. That annual event ran for nine years from 2004 until 2012. It is listed in the 2010 World Trip Planner published by The Guardian U.K. to "the world's hottest tickets and little-known events." [15] [16]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
As a Director, Producer, Writer
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature directorial debut |
| 2018 | The Unruly Mystic: John Muir | Yes | Yes | Yes | 51 theatrical screenings in 16 months [17] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Michael M. Conti". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ A/MCP (2011-02-15), Cybermania '94: Ultimate Gamers Awards, retrieved 2021-01-07
- ↑ Fulcher, Michelle P. "This Boulder Filmmaker Taps Into John Muir's Spiritualism In A New Documentary". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "St-Hildegard.com - Hildegard von Bingen - Die heilige Hildegard und ihre Medizin - Hildegard von Bingen - Die revolutionäre Mystikerin". www.st-hildegard.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard of Bingen - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ Kienzle, Beverly Mayne. (2020). Hildegard of Bingen, Gospel Interpreter. Lanham: Fortress Academic. ISBN 978-1-9787-0802-0. OCLC 1225553492. Search this book on
- ↑ "Previous Venues". John Muir, The Unruly Mystic™. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "The John Muir Exhibit - The Sierra Club". vault.sierraclub.org. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "SimCity: Enhanced CD-ROM (1993)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "Waterworld for DOS (1997)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "Mattel And Intel Debut New Line Of Intel® Play Smart Toys At The American International Toy Fair". www.intel.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Toy Story: the Intel and Mattel Startup". Intel Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ 6816071, Conti, Michael M., "United States Patent: 6816071 - Information display status indicator", issued November 9, 2004
- ↑ ASPERA. Inc., Kristi Street, "Researching ‘The Shoot Out Filmmaking Festival’ by Targeting Creativity," April 2015[1]
- ↑ Staff, Guardian (2009-12-31). "2010 world trip planner". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "The Shoot Out 24 Hour Filmmaking Festival - Film Making Contest Boulder". theshootoutboulder.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "Previous Venues". John Muir, The Unruly Mystic™. 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
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